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Its true in north america we dont care about re habilitating offenders. When i lived in NZ my roomate was a prison guard...said it dont matter if you kill 1 person or 5 in a incident its considered same crime....25 years....why give 25 years a person and they will never leave prison he said ???i actually kinda agree with his logic
 

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Pump those trailer brakes Cyle. Prison isn't vacation. Everything you do is by someone else's decision. Not that life is extremely difficult but it's not vacation.


No it's because it's never been done properly, it's done half a$$ed and doesn't work. Criminals don't fear prison because it's like a vacation. First off, any sentence over 10 years is retarded and the chance of reintegration into society is incredibly low, anything over 10 years should be death penalty and not this sit on death row for years, once the appeal period is done get it over with, these people are a waste of money keeping alive for no good reason. Secondly, they should be forced to work in jails, chain gangs again cleaning up the highways, etc if they don't work they don't eat. People need to fear going to jail because it's hell and crime rates will go down. And if it doesn't drop right away? It will soon if enough of them are dead. It should be a 3 strike rule, 3 offences at any point as an adult should be death penalty, none of this 30, 40, 50 offences.

I do think there should be more services available to teenagers to try and keep them out of jail in the first place and all the people in jail for having drugs on them only for personal use is stupid.
 

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A good alternative to trashing humans would be to catch them early. Military style boot camps and prisons.
Especially for the the youth and young adults. Fix them when they're young.
As a Reserves Recruit, our class "toured" a military prison in Edmonton years ago.
All your time is dictated and structured. Free time is sleep time.
No talking allowed, unless permission granted.
Their cells were immaculate, uniforms evenly spaced hanging in the locker.
Boots, shoes, highly polished, other kit evenly spaced on the bed.

These poor SOBs were in the gym doing relentless drill. Marching, forming up; they looked very professional, but skinny, pale and gaunt.
One fellow couldn't do drill that day, injury i guess.
He sat outside the hall sitting on the floor polishing an ordinary galvanized garbage can.
That f'n can looked fantastic.
I caught his glance up, if looks could kill. A 1 second glance said it all.
Quickly averted my eyes elsewhere.
Imagine 25 lowly recruits, reserves no less, gawking at you and nothing you can say or do about it.

This what we should be putting the 2nd time young offenders through.
Male and female.
Give them 6 month, 1 year, sentences.
This would straighten out most of the riff raff.
Call it structured abuse.

OK, lets get back to "White Privilege". I work, pay hefty taxes, pay into RRSPs. Because i want to live comfortably and with a sense of pride in my old age.
No colour advantage here, its what most people do.
 

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I was listening to CBC radio about a month ago (I know poor choice, but there are no other options on the road up to Whitehorse) and they were talking that CBC will make a policy that management will need to be made up of 50% visible minorities. Now imagine being a person of color that worked your bag off to get that management position, now in the back of your mind for the rest of your career you get to think "did I get here because of my work ethic and I'm good at what I do" or "because I'm a minority and the company is just filling the quota".


The crew I work with have a colorful past, with so many having struggles earlier on in their lives; abusive homes, poor single parent homes, becoming teen parents, alcohol and drug abuse, criminal records and jail time, divorce, custody battles, job loss, bankruptcy, immigration to Canada, you name a hardship someone in our group has probably experienced it. And every single one of them have still become productive, tax-paying members of society. We often joke that we could make millions if we had a reality show. Maybe it would even win awards, there's only one problem, none of us are visible minorities and as such we suffer from "white privilege".
 

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I was listening to CBC radio about a month ago (I know poor choice, but there are no other options on the road up to Whitehorse) and they were talking that CBC will make a policy that management will need to be made up of 50% visible minorities. Now imagine being a person of color that worked your bag off to get that management position, now in the back of your mind for the rest of your career you get to think "did I get here because of my work ethic and I'm good at what I do" or "because I'm a minority and the company is just filling the quota".


The crew I work with have a colorful past, with so many having struggles earlier on in their lives; abusive homes, poor single parent homes, becoming teen parents, alcohol and drug abuse, criminal records and jail time, divorce, custody battles, job loss, bankruptcy, immigration to Canada, you name a hardship someone in our group has probably experienced it. And every single one of them have still become productive, tax-paying members of society. We often joke that we could make millions if we had a reality show. Maybe it would even win awards, there's only one problem, none of us are visible minorities and as such we suffer from "white privilege".

It'll happen for sure, and what a chitty thing to do to the people who actually earned they way in. And it's reverse racism to the white people who will loose their job because they are white. But I think the minorities who are actually productive members of society aren't bitching about this white privilege because they know it's BS. It's just as wrong to lift someone up because of their race as it is to hold them down for it.
 

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But I think the minorities who are actually productive members of society aren't bitching about this white privilege because they know it's BS.

That right there is the ticket. I've never worked with a single person that belonged to a minority that wanted anything other than fair treatment. Most just want the same opportunities to get their foot in the door, after that they expect to work and earn their way up like everyone else.
 

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the rcmp did that for years probably still do did not hire white males because they had to fill with minorities and female officers now thanks to the liberal idiots we have officers with beards, turbans and 4'6"and 90 lbs. and the white male wasn't discriminated
 

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the rcmp did that for years probably still do did not hire white males because they had to fill with minorities and female officers now thanks to the liberal idiots we have officers with beards, turbans and 4'6"and 90 lbs. and the white male wasn't discriminated

And yet after all that "diversity hiring" they are still all racists in the eyes of BLM
 

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A good alternative to trashing humans would be to catch them early. Military style boot camps and prisons.
Especially for the the youth and young adults. Fix them when they're young.
As a Reserves Recruit, our class "toured" a military prison in Edmonton years ago.
All your time is dictated and structured. Free time is sleep time.
No talking allowed, unless permission granted.
Their cells were immaculate, uniforms evenly spaced hanging in the locker.
Boots, shoes, highly polished, other kit evenly spaced on the bed.

These poor SOBs were in the gym doing relentless drill. Marching, forming up; they looked very professional, but skinny, pale and gaunt.
One fellow couldn't do drill that day, injury i guess.
He sat outside the hall sitting on the floor polishing an ordinary galvanized garbage can.
That f'n can looked fantastic.
I caught his glance up, if looks could kill. A 1 second glance said it all.
Quickly averted my eyes elsewhere.
Imagine 25 lowly recruits, reserves no less, gawking at you and nothing you can say or do about it.

This what we should be putting the 2nd time young offenders through.
Male and female.
Give them 6 month, 1 year, sentences.
This would straighten out most of the riff raff.
Call it structured abuse.

OK, lets get back to "White Privilege". I work, pay hefty taxes, pay into RRSPs. Because i want to live comfortably and with a sense of pride in my old age.
No colour advantage here, its what most people do.
Fix them? This sounds alot like the church Talking. You can not fix people, you need to give them the tools to enable them to be a good human being.
"Breaking" kids and animals is not the way to do this.
 

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Fix them? This sounds alot like the church Talking. You can not fix people, you need to give them the tools to enable them to be a good human being.
"Breaking" kids and animals is not the way to do this.

What tools would that be? I think some people are just rotten to the core.
 

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What tools would that be? I think some people are just rotten to the core.
Think about it, what make a good person? Empathy and respect to others is huge, pride in yourself, trying things regardless if you succeed or fail....
I'm no expert by any means but my wife is a behavior specialist and deals with kids who have behavior issues. So many of them are just angry because of the way they have been raised. Give them happiness and love and it really is amazing what it does.
Having a pet is one really simple thing that can change a kids life.
 

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Think about it, what make a good person? Empathy and respect to others is huge, pride in yourself, trying things regardless if you succeed or fail....
I'm no expert by any means but my wife is a behavior specialist and deals with kids who have behavior issues. So many of them are just angry because of the way they have been raised. Give them happiness and love and it really is amazing what it does.
Having a pet is one really simple thing that can change a kids life.

Getting a dog is great, but I dont think it's going to end the crime and killing out there. Empathy is something that cant be taught imo you either have it or you dont. Some people shouldn't be allowed near animals.
 

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Getting a dog is great, but I dont think it's going to end the crime and killing out there. Empathy is something that cant be taught imo you either have it or you dont. Some people shouldn't be allowed near animals.
This is imo absolutely wrong, no child has any preprograming. We all need to be taught how to act and treat others.

Of course there are mental disabilities that can affect a Childs ability to process things but in general our kids are what we raise them to be. My daughter has autism and has difficulty dealing with kids her age but is amazing with younger kids. She also has a special thing with animals, we have a horse that nobody but her can catch.
 

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This is imo absolutely wrong, no child has any preprograming. We all need to be taught how to act and treat others.

Of course there are mental disabilities that can affect a Childs ability to process things but in general our kids are what we raise them to be. My daughter has autism and has difficulty dealing with kids her age but is amazing with younger kids. She also has a special thing with animals, we have a horse that nobody but her can catch.

We disagree and that is ok. I'm sure things are a lot different out in the mountains then in Chicago.
 

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though this might be appropriate here!! All lives matter period.




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Ever wonder why Whites are racists, and no other race is.....

Michael Richards makes his point..................

Michael Richards better known as Kramer from TV's Seinfeld does make a good point.
This was his defense speech in court after making racial comments in his comedy act.
He makes some very interesting points...

Someone finally said it. How many are actually paying attention to this?

There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Arab Americans, etc.

And then there are just Americans.. You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction.
You call me 'White boy,' 'Cracker,' 'Honkey,' 'Whitey,' 'Caveman'... And that's OK...
But when I call you, Nigger, Kike, Towel head, Sand-nigger, Camel Jockey, Beaner, Gook, or Chink .. You call me a racist.

You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you....So why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?

You have the United Negro College Fund. You have Martin Luther King Day. You have Black History Month. You have Cesar Chavez Day. You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi. You have the NAACP.

You have BET.... If we had WET (White Entertainment Television), we'd be racists.

If we had a White Pride Day, you would call us racists.
If we had White History Month, we'd be racists.
If we had any organization for only whites to 'advance' OUR lives, we'd be racists.

We have a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber of Commerce, and then we just have the plain Chamber of Commerce. Wonder who pays for that??

A white woman could not be in the Miss Black American pageant, but any color can be in the Miss America pageant.

If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships... You know we'd be racists.
There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges in the US ... Yet if there were 'White colleges', that would be a racist college.

In the Million Man March, you believed that you were marching for your race and rights.
If we marched for our race and rights, you would call us racists.

You are proud to be black, brown, yellow and orange, and you're not afraid to announce it.
But when we announce our white pride, you call us racists.

You rob us, car jack us, and shoot at us.
But, when a white police officer shoots a black gang member or beats up a black drug dealer running from the law and posing a threat to society, you call him a racist.

I am proud...... But you call me a racist.
Why is it that only whites can be racists??

There is nothing improper about this e-mail... Let's see which of you are proud enough to send it on. I sadly don't think many will.

That's why we have LOST most of OUR RIGHTS in this country....We won't stand up for ourselves!

BE PROUD TO BE WHITE!
It's not a crime... YET.... But getting very close!






 
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Fix them? This sounds alot like the church Talking. You can not fix people, you need to give them the tools to enable them to be a good human being.
"Breaking" kids and animals is not the way to do this.

It’s called enabling or promoting entitlement and it’s one of the biggest reasons so many of kids and teens are behaving as they do. Parents should be parents , not BFF’s. Your comments are idealistic and it should be obvious by the problems our young people are facing , its not working. This “everybody just needs a hug and a puppy “ crap isn’t creating responsible mature adults, it’s creating people who need safe spaces , from words , and hard work. It’s failing , miserably.
 

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